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Breaking: Boris Johnson lays out grand compromise over Ireland in bid to crack 11th hour Brexit deal:
* Northern Ireland follows Brussels rules on goods as well as food and livestock
* the people of NI must consent to it within nine months by June 2020
thesun.co.uk/news/10052071/…
* Northern Ireland follows Brussels rules on goods as well as food and livestock
* the people of NI must consent to it within nine months by June 2020
thesun.co.uk/news/10052071/…
The win for the UK is an independent UK-wide customs system so it can its do its own trade deals. Customs on the Irish border enforced by electronic paper trails and stand off checks. No new physical infrastructure needed anywhere 2/
Will it work? Dublin's agreement is all. Govt sources say discreet conversations with senior Irish politicians over the summer suggested they would bite, even on customs - but their calculations changed after the Benn Act was passed, and they're now retreating 3/
But the DUP do seem onside, and read PM's letter to Jean-Claude Juncker last night. Won over by the consent offer, and a massive new cash bung (of potentially billions) to be agreed, being called a 'New Deal for Northern Ireland' 4/
